DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN ANY OF THE CHARACTERS. MARISA KIRISAME AND ALICE MARGATROID BELONG RESPECTIVELY TO ZUN.
NOT ME.

Yay I'm continuing!~
I just drank some hot chocolate this morning so...Why not make this? Not so proud of this.

Maybe mornings aren't so bad after all.

The radiant sun that signals the start of the day, the new dawn, that hugs the atmosphere in an embrace. As the heat melts the coldness that surrounds Gensokyo, Alice admired the vast greenery that revived quickly under the pale blue sky. Life usually dies down at night, but now it revived in an energetic mode.

"Alice?"

Her voice cuts in, and lingers for a short moment in the room. Alice turns her gaze to Marisa, who was probably the one calling her. Marisa had down her book for a moment, and was staring at her with bored eyes. Today was a fine day to go for a nice walk to the Hakurei Shrine, but it seemed that Marisa wasn't in the mood to go. She preferred staying at home.

"What?" Alice replied. She expected Marisa to suggest something weird and fun to do on this day, but all she got was Marisa's simple boredom. Well, she was bored too. Perhaps Marisa would come up with something entertaining, for once?

"What do you like to drink?"

The question lingered around the room for a moment, before it was digested by Alice's mind. Such questions like this were frequently said by the blond witch, however, this was the time she spoke it. Alice blinked for a while, realizing that this query was not what Alice expected. It seemed suspicious but judging by Marisa's innocent and blank eyes, she decided to take it as somewhat a normal subject for a chat.

"It depends." The puppeteer answered, crossing her legs as Marisa nodded in response. It started to look like an interrogation, and Alice didn't notice she was trying to look -er, maybe- professional. "Why?"

"So what do you rarely drink?" Marisa didn't take long to come up with another query. This time Alice raised her eyebrows.

She crooked an eyebrow, "What?"

"I said, what do you rarely drink?" Marisa repeated, leaning in from her seat. Alright, maybe she was imitating Aya. Alice was silenced for a while, but she decided to humor her for a bit.

"When the weather's hot, I usually drink some iced tea. When it's cold, I usually drink hot tea." Alice pondered for a while before replying, "Um...I have a liking for tea. Also, on the Hakurei Festival, I drink the alcohol Suika-chan treats us to -I mostly regret drinking it, but it's for Suika...- but... I don't usually drink chocolate. I like chocolate. It's pretty sweet.

Alice wished that satisfied Marisa's needs, and Marisa slumped into her chair. "I see...Why don't you drink chocolate often?"

"Eh? I thought you knew. They don't usually sell cocoa powder here, right? I think they do;only on special occasions." Alice explained. She was somewhat startled that Marisa had no idea. "That's why I don't usually drink chocolate. But, I wish they'd sell more often."

Marisa studied Alice's face, and cupped her cheek in a hand.

"Is that so..."

It wasn't until the next day Alice found something surprising. She was 'ordered' by Marisa to stay outside in the garden, and her eyes caught something stunning.

"W-What is this, Marisa?" Alice gasped, as she saw a cup of rich hot chocolate on the table and a teapot of the same beverage. She was led to the table and her face was pink. "Where did you get this?"

"Here, drink." Marisa said. Alice was still flushing, but she obeyed. Raising the cup to her lips, she took a small sip. "Does it taste good?"

Alice lowered her cup and breathed, "Delicious.."

The cocoa flavor had cascaded down her throat, and it sent a surge of pleasure all over Alice. She wanted to drink more, and to her surprise, she almost finished the whole cup. Marisa looked proud. Her grin got wider and wider each time she saw Alice's hunger for the hot chocolate. "I told you so. Look, your face's all red again!"

"Shut up...My face is not red. Anyway, this is tasty...Where did you get it? And why?"

"Gensokyo, obviously. You wanted some chocolate, didn't you?" Marisa simply said, sitting beside her friend as she helped herself to a cup. As she poured the teapot, she said, "I just thought you wanted some. Poor you, no chocolate."

For me? "Thank you, Marisa.." Alice smiled a little, "That was really...nice of you."

"Really? Besides, I have to return a bag of cocoa beans back to Rinnosuke."

"R-RINNOSUKE? WHY?" Alice shot a surprising look at Marisa. "WHERE DID YOU GET THOSE BEANS?"

Marisa looked around and said, "Oh. I have to return this to him soon. I think he'll be back soon."

"YOU EXPECT ME TO MAGICALLY MAKE THOSE BEANS APPEAR?"

"What? I thought you would."

"OF COURSE I CAN'T!"

"Oh really?"

"DON'T YOU EVEN KNOW? YOU BAKA!"

And Alice continued blaming Marisa, that she forgotten that the chocolate went cold. At least she drank it.